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This Sony handheld device patent looks familiar
- Thread starter ponpo
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Refreshment.01
Member
Oh we're doing that thing where Nintendo invented everything again.
Well they don't invent but they do innovate XD
2006 had a fully modular, split design controller that also worked as a 2 handed traditional one. It's clear what type of ideas they had in mind.
Actually no, some of us do remember the Razer Edge, The Shield, the Aikun or any other gaming tablets.Has everyone really forgotten about the Razor Edge?
If people reason about it, the Edge put things into perspective why the Wii U was engineered like it was. The Edge in itself weight a lot and had a short battery life, when adding the controller accesorie the device weighted several pounds and was even bigger. In this sense the product had a very limited functionality as away from home portable device.
So in that sense the Wii U earlier achieved a similar functionality to the Edge and did so withotuh compromising the controls for traditional games in a more ergonomic and price accesible way.
ViolentP
Member
I sincerely hope so. Even with the light library, Vita has probably been my favorite handheld.
EDIT: Excluding the SP. That shit was fire.
First post delivers as always.
Underrated post
franklyshankly
Member
Every major tech company does this. You patent anything that you come up with. You never know what will be useful or valuable later.
The perfect Dark
Banned
lmao
Spiral Insanity
Banned
I don't understand why they would just decide to leave the dedicated gaming handheld market. With the right marketing, power and control input parity it would flesh out their lineup well.
Lol vita is dead memory card prices second job no gamezz
I am not really into handhelds at all. I''ve only ever had a GBC, GBA and PSP in my entire life. The expensive anti consumer memory card situation was even more of a reason though.
I never saw a need for any other handheld platforms when i got older and generally dislike playing games on a small screen.
I bought a PSTV just cause it was basically a TV version of vita. On the positive i got access to a library i otherwise would not have gotten to play in additon to being able to play PSP games and have another outlet for my PSN account. on the other hand, it was a halfhearted concept that probably should not have existed alongside the regular vita.
Since my favorite games got PS4 ports anyway, your not going to buy a PSTV for those
TwilightPrincess
Member
Still no exclusives and if it would be able to get "1:1" PS4 ports it would be expensive (and big) plus still not every publisher would care. If the patent would be a thing we probably wouldn't see it know.
Astral Dog
Member
Are you implying Nintendo stole the Switch from Sony? :O
Wireframe
Member
Well done haha, not so subtle Sony.
sixteen-bit
Member
If the tech is feasible, I would like to see Sony attempt to sell PS4s with the Switch form factor in the future.
Patents are nothing more than ideas. I mean, we remember this abomination from Nintendo, right?
Though, if this patent is for a PS Vita model with microSD card then I hope it happen
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1154552
Though, if this patent is for a PS Vita model with microSD card then I hope it happen
CharminUltra
Member
Nintendoes what Sonydon't.
MilkyJoe
Member
Bluetooth all day. That way it can work with any type of tablet.
mindatlarge
Member
If Nintendo catches fire with the Switch, it wouldn't surprise me to see something like this come out of Sony. I'd buy it, especially if it had HDMI out.
BigEmil
Junior Member
Some fan mock-ups and a device released just recently with this as an add on
How much battery would that use though Bluetooth
SomedayTheFire
Member
probably the same amount of battery the bluetooth joycons use. just a guess tho.
Okami Haundo
Member
Remember when people legitimately thought that Sony was going to announce "Trinity" AKA Vita 2? Good times.
Anyway, that patent looks like a neat idea but I don't currently trust Sony with controllers. I'm imagining those two halves would last about 5 hours max before needing a charge.
Anyway, that patent looks like a neat idea but I don't currently trust Sony with controllers. I'm imagining those two halves would last about 5 hours max before needing a charge.
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and god knows how many others.
These examples really show just how much Nintendo nailed the industrial and aesthetic design of the Switch. It's a truly innovative product.
MilkyJoe
Member
Well it's not really innovative, anymore than a Ford focus is anymore innovative than a Ford Cortina. It's just a better product doing the same thing, better. I have the middle one, you can plug an HDMI cable into it to "dock" it, if you wish.
Not that I ever play it, it's shit.
Deadpool_X
Banned
Looks like that Nintendo paranoia was real.
Sony always reminds me of the Rene Belloq to Nintendo's Indiana Jones. "Nintendo. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away."
Sony always reminds me of the Rene Belloq to Nintendo's Indiana Jones. "Nintendo. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away."
TotalMackerel
Member
D-Pad and triggers? I'd buy this day one.
Aaah.. Too funny.
shiftplusone
Member
I dont see This stupid vita 2 thats actually a portable ps4 with 14 minutes of battery and runs at 116 degrees actually happening
The switch is actually happening, is a home console, and it's nothing but compromises for the sake of portability.
Dead Prince
Banned
unless you insert said tablet/phone into the case with the controller on it.
Walter White
Member
Though, if this patent is for a PS Vita model with microSD card then I hope it happen
HAHAHA. Never.
why would there be patent mark-ups on the phone tablet if the only thing Sony is producing with this patent is the controllers?
I'm hearing the pink panther music when I see this.
Speedwagon
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
I think this looks dope tbh
Because Sony don't make stupid decisions lol
Seriously though I've read much worse with regards to what people expect companies to do in the gaming industry.